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BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC - TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

Release Date: 16/08/2023 16:00
Code(s): BYI     PDF:  
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TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

Bytes Technology Group plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registered number: 12935776)
LEI: 213800LA4DZLFBAC9O33
Share code: BYI
ISIN: GB00BMH18Q19

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1.  Issuer Details
    ISIN
    GB00BMH18Q19
    Issuer Name
    BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC
    UK or Non-UK Issuer
    UK
2.  Reason for Notification
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3.  Details of person subject to the notification obligation
    Name
    Aggregate of abrdn plc affiliated investment management entities with
    delegated voting rights on behalf of multiple managed portfolios.
    City of registered office (if applicable)
    Edinburgh
    Country of registered office (if applicable)
    United Kingdom
4.  Details of the shareholder
    Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s)
    subject to the notification obligation, above

    City of registered office (if applicable)

    Country of registered office (if applicable)

5.  Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
    14 Aug 2023
6.  Date on which Issuer notified
    16 Aug 2023
7.  Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
    obligation

                                                  % of voting
                              % of voting      rights through
                                                                 Total of both         Total number of
                          rights attached           financial
           .                                                       in % (8.A +      voting rights held
                         to shares (total         instruments
                                                                          8.B)               in issuer
                                  of 8.A)   (total of 8.B 1 +
                                             8.B 2)

  Resulting
  situation on
  the date on
  which                         5.761593             0.000000         5.761593              13,797,997
  threshold was
  crossed or
  reached

  Position of
  previous
                                    6.45                 0.00             6.45
  notification (if
  applicable)

8.  Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which
    the threshold was crossed or reached
8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of                  Number of   Number of indirect      % of direct            % of indirect
shares ISIN code(if        direct voting        voting rights    voting rights            voting rights
possible)                rights (DTR5.1)           (DTR5.2.1)         (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1)

GB00BMH18Q19                                       13,797,997                                  5.761593

Sub Total 8.A                          13,797,997                                 5.761593

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

                                                           Number of voting rights that
                                                                                                   % of
Type of financial        Expiration   Exercise/conversion        may be acquired if the
                                                                                                 voting
instrument                     date                period                 instrument is
                                                                                                 rights
                                                                    exercised/converted
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
     according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of                                                                                            % of
                        Expiration   Exercise/conversion       Physical or cash      Number of
financial                                                                                        voting
                              date                period             settlement  voting rights
instrument                                                                                       rights
Sub Total 8.B2

9.  Information in relation to the person subject to the
    notification obligation

2.  Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
    and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the
    ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add
    additional rows as necessary)

                                            % of voting      % of voting rights
                                                                                    Total of both if
                                           rights if it       through financial
                                                                                     it equals or is
Ultimate           Name of controlled      equals or is       instruments if it
                                                                                         higher than
controlling person        undertaking   higher than the     equals or is higher
                                                                                      the notifiable
                                             notifiable     than the notifiable
                                                                                           threshold
                                              threshold               threshold

abrdn plc

                               abrdn
                         Investments
abrdn plc
                          (Holdings)
                             Limited

                               abrdn
                          Investment
abrdn plc
                          Management
                             Limited

abrdn plc

                      abrdn Holdings
abrdn plc
                             Limited

                               abrdn
abrdn plc                Investments
                             Limited

10.  In case of proxy voting
     Name of the proxy holder

     The number and % of voting rights held

     The date until which the voting rights will be held

11.  Additional Information
     In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the
     named discretionary investment management entity within multiple
     portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment
     management agreements whereby the client has delegated the
     exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.

     This disclosure is to reflect the fact that the voting rights effectively
     held indirectly by the underlying intermediate holding company abrdn
     Investments (Holdings) Limited (“aI(H)L”) and held by the underlying
     investment management entity abrdn Investment Management
     Limited (“aIML”) decreased below the 5% notifiable threshold due to
     trading on 14 August 2023. Prior to this crossing, aI(H)L effectively
     held and aIML held 5.426630% and 5.426630% respectively of the
     delegated voting rights in Bytes Technology Group PLC.
12.  Date of Completion
     16 Aug 2023
13.  Place Of Completion
     Glasgow, United Kingdom


Enquiries:

WK Groenewald Tel: +44 (0)1372 418 992
Group Company Secretary

Bytes Technology Group plc

16 August 2023

The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock
Exchange.

Sponsor
Invested Bank Limited

Date: 16-08-2023 04:00:00
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